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Moldova (newspaper)
Western Moldavia
Coordinates: 47°N 29°E / 47°N 29°E / 47; 29
Moldova ( i/mɒlˈdoʊvə, mɔːl-/ or sometimes UK /ˈmɒldəvə/. Romanian: [molˈdova]), officially the Republic of Moldova (Romanian: Republica Moldova, listen ), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The capital city is Chișinău.
Moldova declared independence on August 27, 1991 as part of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The current Constitution of Moldova was adopted in 1994. A strip of Moldovan territory on the east bank of the river Dniester has been under the de facto control of the breakaway government of Transnistria since 1990.
Due to a decrease in industrial and agricultural output following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the service sector has grown to dominate Moldova's economy and currently composes over 60% of the nation's GDP. However, Moldova remains the poorest country in Europe.
Moldova is a parliamentary republic with a president as head of state and a prime minister as head of government. It is a member state of the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) and aspires to join the European Union.
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Moldova was a semimonthly newspaper published in Bârlad, Romania.
Though presented as being independent, the paper was published under the patronage of the "Academia Bârlădeană". The first issue of the newspaper hit the stands on January 2, 1931 and it appeared regularly until December 26, 1931. The following year, No.1-2 was published on March 1, 1932, and No.3 (the newspapers' last) on June 15, 1932.
The editor in chief of the newspaper George Nedelea and its main supporter was George Tutoveanu, at that time prefect of Tutova County. The main concern of the newspaper was the literary activity in the city of Bârlad. Besides George Tutoveanu, its main contributors were G. G. Ursu, Teodor Vlad, George Damaschin, Zoe G. Frasin, Ştefan Cosma, C.V. Slobozeanu, George Pallady, Emil Tudor, Nicolae Costăchescu and Cicerone Mucenic. Political articles were signed, among others by Ion Palodă (Isac Veinfeld), Mihai Lupescu, Marieta Creangă, and Ioan Antoniu.
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Moldavia (Romanian: Moldova) is a geographical region situated in north-east of Romania. Also is called Western Moldavia or Romanian Moldavia. As a historical region, and former principality until its union with Wallachia in 1859, Moldavia included at various times in its history the regions of Bessarabia (with the Budjak) and the entire Bukovina; the larger part of the former is nowadays the independent state of Moldova, while the rest of it and the larger, northern part of Bukovina form parts of Ukraine.
The Romanian region itself consists of eight (or seven, sometimes Suceava County - most of it in southern Bukovina - is not included) counties, spanning over 46,173 km2 (17,827 sq mi) (19.5% of Romania's territory). Its total population is 4,011,640 (20% of Romania's population). Most of Moldavia (6 out of 8 counties) is part of the Nord-Est development region, while the two southern counties (Galaţi and Vrancea) are in the Sud-Est development region.
Moldavian dialect
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Published: 06:00 Friday 11 August 2017
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Currie's track record of having steered sides to Championship glory on four previous occasions cemented his standing in the search for the latest managerial appointment.
Now he must deliver on the promise of that potential promotion prize.
"Patience is going to be key this season as we go into the Championship as the team everyone wants to knock down," said Currie. "That is understandable and we actually want to accept that but, in a respectful way, also flip it to appreciate no side is going to relish facing Portadown.
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Singtel eyes stake in Vietnam's MobiFone
August 30th 2016 | Multiple countries | Fixed | Multiple companies
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What sets this effort apart from others?
It is far easier to conserve existing ecosystems than try to restore them. Yet with 7 billion people on Earth, large, relatively intact ecosystems are difficult to find. Due to both history and geography, the Rockies of the northern United States and southern Canada are such a place. Our region has both the ecology and geography to provide nature space to adapt, as it can, to the coming era of a warmer climate. Its location at the mid-latitude and its gradient from low-elevation river bottoms to high mountains and plateaus contribute to its ecological resiliency. The Rocky Mountains provide the last, best chance to conserve a functioning, terrestrial ecosystem in North America.
There is nothing theoretical about our metrics for gauging success. Our partners tally the exact acreages conserved. What's more, our voluntary conservation agreements are as solid as property rights – passed on from generation to generation, from owner to owner. These successes are as durable as the law itself and are not susceptible to shifting political winds or the whims of the next landowner.
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Tag Archives: The Creation of Israel
Israel & the Growth of Nationalism
Posted by michelinewalker in Exile, Israel, Palestine, The Middle East
Bar Kokhba revolt, Emperor Hadrian, Exile, Harry S. Truman, Jewish-Roman Wars, Mandatory Palestine, The Creation of Israel, The Middle East
Jewish-Roman Wars
Philistines settled in Palestine in the 12th century BCE, which confirms that Palestine had long been a nation (see Palestine, Britannica). After the three Jewish-Roman Wars, fought between 66 CE and 136 CE, Palestine was renamed Syria Palaestina by Roman Emperor Hadrian (24 January 76 – 10 July 138) after he crushed the Bar Kokhba revolt of 132-136, thus named after Simon bar Kokhba (d. 135). The Bar Kokhba revolt is the third of three Jewish-Roman wars, but it is sometimes called the second, the Kitos War being omitted.
First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE)
Kitos War (115–117 CE)
Bar Kokhba revolt (132-136 CE)
Emperor Hadrian renamed Jerusalem Aelia Capitolina, and Jews could no longer enter the city.
Expulsion of the Jews during the Reign of Hadrian
The concept of nationalism was not new to the 19th century. Traits and circumstances shared by a number of individuals such as language, religion, foklore, location, not to mention climate, lead to nationhood. We owe the théorie des climats (the climate theory) to Montesquieu as well as Madame de Staël, the author of De l'Allemagne (1810-1813).
The Growth of Nationalism
the Congress of Vienna, 1815
the attrition of the Ottoman Empire
balkanization
Although nationalism was not born in the 19th century, the 19th century is nevertheless associated with an unprecedented surge in nationalism.
The Congress of Vienna, held in 1815, but suspended when Napoleon returned from Elba, the Hundred Days, les Cent-Jours, was one of nationalism's first 19th-century location. France returned land conquered by Napoleon and Prussia returned Alsace-Lorraine to France. However, nations represented at the Congress of Vienna, France, England, Prussia, and Russia, quite shamelessly rearranged Europe. During the 19th century, European countries conquered by the Ottomans, as of 1453, fought wars of independence leading to the attrition of the Ottoman Empire. Also to be taken into account is the balkanization of several states. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, fragmented countries in Eastern Europe were victims of genocidal ethnic cleansing. The term balkanization was coined at the end of World War I.
Zionism also grew out of 19th-century nationalism. Its founder was Theodor Herzl (2 May 1860 – 3 July 1904). Zionists dreamed of a land of Israel which it lost beginning in the 8th century BCE. The exile was completed in 135 CE, when Roman Emperor Hadrian had the Bar Kokhba revolt crushed. Israeli nationalism seems to be developing into a state and faith nationalism.
The Balfour Declaration
At the time Jewish scientist Chaim Weizmann (27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952) was negotiating the Balfour Declaration (1917), he said the following:
"Mr. Balfour, supposing I was to offer you Paris instead of London, would you take it?" He sat up, looked at me, and answered: "But Dr. Weizmann, we have London." "That is true," I said, "but we had Jerusalem when London was a marsh." He … said two things which I remember vividly. The first was: "Are there many Jews who think like you?" I answered: "I believe I speak the mind of millions of Jews whom you will never see and who cannot speak for themselves."… To this he said: "If that is so you will one day be a force."[1]
The Balfour Declaration, a letter dated 2 November 1917 from Foreign Secretary James Arthur Balfour to Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, did not reflect Zionist objectives:
His Majesty's government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country. (See Balfour Declaration, Wikipedia.)
Chaim Weizmann's statement is misleading. Yes, the Jews had Jerusalem a very long time ago, but they had lost their land and had been exiled. As noted above, this process had begun in the 8th century BCE and was complete as of 135 CE, when the Third Roman-Jewish War was fought under Roman Emperor Hadrian. Although several Jews remained in the newly created Syria Palaestina, most left. Assyrians, a Mesopotamian East Semitic-speaking kingdom and an independent state since the 25th BCE, converted to Christianity "[b]etween the mid-second century BC and late third century AD, a period which also saw Assyria become a major centre of Syriac Christianity and the birthplace of the Church of the East." (See Assyria, Wikipedia.)
Assyrians, who or many of whom had converted to Christianity, were not exiled. However, in the 7th century in particular (see Muhammad, Wikipedia), countries from Asia to the Iberian Peninsula were Arabised, a process that continued after Constantinople fell to the Seljuk Turks, in 1453. Ottomans were Muslims and conquered several countries in Eastern Europe that fought wars of independence in the 19th century.
Philistine captives being led away after their failed invasion of Egypt from a relief (Wermer Forman Archive/Heritage-Images)
Eschatological Connotations
As for Israel, its land of Israel and the dispersal of Jews, may find a correct description in the Encyclopædia Britannica:
Although the term refers to the physical dispersal of Jews throughout the world, it also carries religious, philosophical, political, and eschatological connotations, inasmuch as the Jews perceive a special relationship between the land of Israel and themselves. Interpretations of this relationship range from the messianic hope of traditional Judaism for the eventual "ingathering of the exiles" to the view of Reform Judaism that the dispersal of the Jews was providentially arranged by God to foster pure monotheism throughout the world.[2]
The people of Quebec can understand the relationship between a people and a land, the pays du Québec. Quebec is a province, not a country. It has a Parti Québécois, consisting of Quebec nationalists, but Quebec has now chosen interculturalism, a form of humanist nationhood rooted in Martha Nussbaum's Cultivating Humanity.
Quebecers' first homeland was its "literary homeland," or patrie littéraire, a subject I have researched and pondered. One of my articles is online, in French. It is a reading of Antonine Maillet's Pélagie-la-Charrette.[3] Metaphors are taken from the Bible, mainly. I have lectured on this subject at the University of Stuttgart.
The Creation of Israel
In 1948, Palestine was a state. However, it had been part of the Ottoman Empire and was divided by the recently established League of Nations, whose blueprint was the Zykes-Picot Agreement of 1916. Mark Sykes, for Britain, and François Georges-Picot , for France, were protecting spheres of influence. Therefore, in 1920, Palestine was not free. From a possession of the Ottoman Empire, Palestine was transformed into a protectorate of Britain. As we have seen, in 1917, under the terms of the Balfour Declaration, Britain supported the creation of a homeland for Israel, but its Israel was in Palestine.
When Israel was created in 1948, statesmen may have hoped Israel would be in Palestine. That would have been the two-state solution, but partitioning Palestine made room for a State of Israel that would expand. The Jews had been the victims of various persecutions culminating in the Nazi Holocaust. The Holocaust then weighed heavily on a collective conscience, so it may have obscured safer resolutions. United States President Harry S. Truman had befriended a Zionist and may not have foreseen that the partitioning of Palestine could lead to a lengthy conflict and considerable resistance on the part of Palestinians, not to mention decades of resentment on the part of Arabs.
Moreover, it may not have occurred to President Truman and other statesmen that the creation of Israel was an option rather than an imperative. There were options. Many Jews moved to the United States and to Canada. Moreover, after denazification, survivors of the Holocaust could return to their homes if they wished. As for the creation of a land of Israel, the means were questionable. Given the objectives of Zionists, the establishment of a "land of Israel," creating Israel, could not be mere ownership of a part of Palestine. After the diaspora and the Holocaust, the land of Israel had acquired mythical dimensions.
On 23 December 2016, 14 members of the United Nations Security Council voted in favour of condemning Israeli settlements and the 15th member, the United States, did not veto their decision. In his Remarks on the Middle East Peace, Secretary of State John Kerry quoted Israel's permanent representative to the United Nations who stated that the United States had not acted according to "values that we share:"
Israel's permanent representative to the United Nations, who does not support a two-state solution, said after the vote last week, quote, "It was to be expected that Israel's greatest ally would act in accordance with the values that we share," and veto this resolution.
If the figures I published on 3 January 2017 are accurate, the financial support given Israel is staggering and it may have fostered in Israeli a sense of entitlement allowing it to occupy territory that it wasn't apportioned in 1948. There is practically nothing left of Palestine.
Truth be told, Israel started encroaching on neighbouring territory almost as soon as it was created, and it has yet to return the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights, and East Jerusalem which it conquered during the Six-Day War, in June 1967.
If the United States provides military aid amounting to more than 10 million dollars a day to Israel, Israel is truly privileged and the statement of its representative to the United Nations: "values we share," is inappropriate. Israel can no longer settle beyond borders not allotted Israel in 1948. If it does, it will endanger its own safety as well as the safety of the United States. The United States stands to be attacked as it was on 11 September 2001 and its support of Israel may encourage terrorist attacks in Europe. It short, Israel cannot spill out of its borders.
Finally, how can the United States refuse to provide social programs for its citizens if the money it collects from taxpayers, the middle class mainly, is used to support a nation that will not respect Palestinians and consider peace.
The two-state solution cannot forever be kicked down the road, nor can time be wasted on agreements that are not implemented. We cannot rewrite the past, but the future is ours and, more importantly, it is our children's.
Nationalism is fine, but it does not justify encroachment on a neighbour's territory.
Nationalism and Genocides
On the Collapse of the Ottoman Empire
The Zykes-Picot Agreement of 1916
The Remains of the Past
Sources and Resources
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/creation-israel
[1] Weizmann, Trial and Error, p.111, as quoted in W. Lacquer, The History of Zionism, 2003, ISBN 978-1-86064-932-5. p.188 (See Balfour Declaration of 1917, Wikipedia).
[2] "Diaspora". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2016. Web. 21 Aug. 2016 or
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Diaspora-Judaism
[3] Micheline Bourbeau-Walker, « La Patrie littéraire: Errance et Résistance », Francophonies d'Amérique, Numéro 13, été 2002, pp. 47-65.
https://www.erudit.org/revue/fa/2002/v/n13/1005247ar.html?vue=resume
https://www.erudit.org/revue/fa/2002/v/n13/1005247ar.pdf
Woman in Nakba Dress, fleeing Palestine
Posted by michelinewalker in Middle East, Migrant Crisis, Terrorism
Bashar al-Assad, Consequences, Protectorates, The Arab Spring, The Creation of Israel, The Fall of the Ottoman Empire, The War in Iraq, Vladimir Putin in Syria
Composite Camel, Bukhara, Islamic Art, 16c (MMA, NY)
A Scam, I think
I believe it was a scam, but I do not leave my apartment unless it is necessary. It offers safety. I've had to go out, but my would-be assassin did not have his "boys" at my "doorsteps." I believe it was a failed attempt to extort money. But the police took the matter seriously.
The Remains of the Past, 1
I have been thinking about the Middle East and North Africa. A nation should never enter a sovereign country. Nor should one people look upon another people as inferior.
Let us be forgiving, but when President George W. Bush entered Iraq, at the instigation of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, he blundered. Iraq is a nation. It may have been a case of ingrained Manifest Destiny (1845), except that expansion was not the motive.
The name was changed for war on Iraq to war on Terror or Terrorism, but the war in Iraq remains an illegal war. The attacks of 9/11, which cost their life to a large number of United States citizens, nearly 3,000 in New York, did not justify invading Iraq and killing an even greater number of people: Iraqis and Americans. I will never forget that American soldiers were prescribed antidepressants so they could carry on.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/george-w-bush-delivers-critique-151600273.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3722711/Iraq-families-hit-150-000-target-sue-Blair-just-two-weeks-5-000-members-public-dip-pockets.html
One can understand that panic may have gripped US President George W Bush. President Bush probably felt that he had "to do something." Those among us who watched the planes fly into the towers of the World Trade Centre and people jumping to a kinder death were shocked. And then one of the towers imploded. Yet, the attack did not warrant entering Iraq. Capturing Osama bin Laden had to be an intelligence operation and it required the special skills of commandos and the sensitive nose of a Malinois dog. His name was Cairo.
Terrorism & the Syrian Civil War
Matters are complicated. On the one side, peace-loving President Obama now leads a coalition fighting terrorism perpetrated by ISIL, the Islamic State. I hate to see President Obama lead the coalition fighting ISIL. He is an unlikely warrior. However, the US was unable to save Jim Foley's life and, although Jihadi John's next victims were not US citizens, there was motivation to fight ISIL. (See ISIL beheading incidents, Wikipedia.) On 5 August 2016, ISIL captured 3,000 Iraqis.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/05/middleeast/iraq-isis-captives/
The Syrian Civil War is the other side. Russian President Vladimir Putin is supporting President Bashar al-Assad. But it is my understanding that the US supports neither Assad nor the "rebels." Assad, however, crushed the Arab Spring, revolts intended to liberalize Arab countries and introduce more democratic measures. Before the Arab Spring, Assad seemed unlikely to commit crimes against humanity, but, at the moment, his regime is looked upon as an authoritarian regime. What happened? I view Assad as an enigma.
the Ottoman Empire
protectorates
a refugee crisis (W. W. II)
the Six-Day War
Let us look at the past once again, a past preceding the wars of the 2000s. It may be useful to note that after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, or Turkish Empire, targeted during World War I, protectorates were formed by the League of Nations (the ancestor to the United Nations). Syria and Lebanon were both protectorates of the French. (See French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon, Wikipedia.) As for Palestine, it was a protectorate of Britain until the creation of a state of Israel, on 14 May 1948. Palestine was partitioned on 29 November 1947, so a home would be given the Israelis.[1]
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/truman-israel/
The partition of Palestine and, a few months later, the creation of Israel were offensive to the Arab world. Moreover, the United States played an important role in granting Zionists their promised land. I believe one can suggest that the partition of Palestine may have tarnished the image of the United States in the Arab world. Ironically, it all began as a refugee crisis. Jews had fled to Israel to escape Hitler's concentration camps and gas chambers.
At any rate, Jews had been victimized and Britain's mandate for Palestine was about to expire. Therefore, although the British opposed the partition of Palestine, it had allowed it by virtue of the Balfour Declaration of 1917. Britain itself had promised Zionists a home in Palestine. Consequently, Israel was created. US President Harry Truman supported the Balfour Declaration and recognized the State of Israel almost as soon as it was created.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/israel/large/
The creation of Israel remains a contentious issue. I noted that the United States' initial support for the creation of Israel may have fuelled division between the Arab world and the United States. Moreover, in 1967, Israel waged its Six-Day War. The Israeli annexed the Golan Heights, two-thirds of which was Palestinian territory and one-third, Syrian territory. The Golan Heights have yet to be returned to Palestine and Syria. Israel's failure to leave the territories it has occupied since 1967 is considered disrespectful and it constitutes an obstacle to peace. (See Golan Heights, Wikipedia.)
http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000362
The above does not explain why a person claiming to be a member of al-Qaeda would want to kill me and, if the letter is not a scam, I do not know who would hire anyone to deprive me of the rest of my life. My would-be assassin wrote that he had been paid to kill.
However, this post may serve to illustrate that US President George W Bush could not enter Iraq after the attack of 9/11. Mr Blair's advice was injudicious. I will emphasize however that although the war in Syria is a Civil War, the United States is not involved, other than indirectly. The Syrian Civil War has led to a refugee crisis which affects the United States. The refugees are mainly Muslims and certain politicians seeking office would like to prevent refugees from entering their country. These politicians believe all Muslims are potential terrorists. Generally speaking, this is not the case, but certain refugees are resorting to violence. An asylum seeker has been convicted of killing a Swedish refugee centre worker. Despair can lead to violence and violence breeds violence.
http://www.news24.com/World/News/teen-asylum-seeker-convicted-of-killing-swedish-refugee-centre-worker-20160808
Former Swedish PM: Coup in Turkey would have led to refugee disaster in Europe
There is of course a solution to the migrant problem, which is to end the Syrian Civil War. This would be for Bashar al-Assad and other Middle East leaders to do. Assad is President of Syria, but Assad is … an enigma. He has managed to survive for several years, but I now wonder whether or not Assad is a free man. He seems an unlikely tyrant. He signs orders, but he may be compelled to do so. Yet, peace is the only solution and he is the President of Syria.
Bashar al-Assad is an Alawite (Shia) Muslim, but he is married to the daughter of Sunni Muslims. Asma al-Assad was born, raised, and educated in London. Sunni Islam opposes Shia Islam and both sides are divided into factions. Assad is a Shia Muslim, but I doubt that he is the enemy of Sunni Muslims. Moreover, he is westernised. Bashar al-Assad is a medical doctor who met his wife when he was in London, furthering his studies in ophthalmology. He was recalled to Syria when his brother died in an accident.
As I wrote in an earlier post, it is for Islam to determine its future and I cannot see how the refugee crisis can end if Assad does not help make Syria safe. He seems to be attacking his people. In certain European countries, the impact of the refugee crisis is devastating. It is taking a toll on the EU, the European Union, and desperate people are resorting to violence. This seems to be the case in Sweden where instances of violence have been reported.
The refugee crisis saddens me enormously.
Palestine-Israel Journal
Partition of Palestine; a Lesson in Pressure is an Internet Archive publication
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
Tony Blair has created the Tony Blair Foundation
Osama bin Laden, History Channel
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Islamic Art
[1] Kermit Roosevelt,"Partition of Palestine, a Lesson in Pressure Politics," The Institute of Arab American Affairs, Pamphlet No 7, 1948. Internet Archive.
It has been a long absence.
Love to everyone. ♥
"Portrait of a Sufi," Bukhara, Islamic Art, 16c (MMA, NY)


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HomeconcertsVIDEO: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Prep for LA, NY and Toronto Concerts
VIDEO: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Prep for LA, NY and Toronto Concerts
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Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds are teaming with record stores in Los Angeles, New York and Toronto for a ticket giveaway to his shows in those cities, a pre-order of his new live vinyl album, and a limited edition lithograph.
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds play The Forum on Oct. 21, The Anthem in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25, Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Oct. 26 and Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Oct. 28.
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds are working with Amoeba Music in LA, Rough Trade in NYC, and Rotate This in Toronto for an exclusive offer that includes a ticket to the show in the relevant city, a pre-order of the limited edition Distant Sky – Live in Copenhagen EP on vinyl, and a limited edition tour lithograph.
One of the most intense and exciting live acts on the planet, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds headlined festivals across Europe this summer, before they cross continents to Latin and North America for nine dates in October.
Watch Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds perform "Ther Mercy Seat" from 'Live in Copenhagen' here:
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Live in Copenhagen
Last April, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds shared a show from their celebrated 2017 world tour on cinema screens worldwide.
The release of a special EP of audio from that extraordinary show, Distant Sky – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Live In Copenhagen will be available on Digital and 12" vinyl from September 28th.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' touring line-up features Nick Cave on vocals, piano, Warren Ellis on piano, keyboards, violin, tenor guitar, Martyn Casey on bass, Jim Sclavunos on vibraphone, percussion, piano, drums, George Vjestica on guitar and Larry Mullins on keyboards and piano.
They will be joined by special guest Cigarettes After Sex for their shows in Los Angeles, Washington DC and Toronto.
Tickets are available at www.nickcave.com. North American tour dates are below.
21 Oct – The Forum – Los Angeles, CA*
25 Oct – The Anthem – Washington DC*
26 Oct – Barclays Center – Brooklyn, NY
28 Oct – Scotiabank Arena – Toronto, Canada*
*With special guest Cigarettes After Sex.
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How to Make a Pinhole Camera to Watch the Solar Eclipse
If your Amazon eclipse-watching glasses are unsafe or you've just been procrastinating, here's how to watch Monday's solar eclipse without going blind.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/how-to-make-a-pinhole-camera-to-watch-the-solar-eclipse
You are likely aware that a total solar eclipse will be viewable in the United States on Aug. 21 (hours and locations vary), but "viewable" does not mean with the naked eye. Staring directly at the sun can cause blindness, of course, but there are ways to safely watch the eclipse.
Let's get clear on things you cannot use to watch the eclipse: sunglasses are out, as are 3D movie glasses (what are you thinking?!) and binoculars. Even those glasses you ordered from Amazon specifically for this event might not be safe, and at this point, eclipse glasses for sale online are expensive or not available until after the eclipse (tres helpful).
But don't despair; you can make a pinhole camera from easily obtainable items. There are a few kinds of pinhole cameras, some made with boxes and cylindrical containers, but you can also make do with two sheets of card stock or paper. Let's start there.
Get two pieces of card stock, the kind that you used for projects in grade school, or plain paper, though if you go with paper, your camera will be far flimsier. Then get either a sewing needle, paper clip, or thumbtack.
Take a sheet of stock and make a small round hole right in the middle of it with the sharp object of your choice from the list above. Or, if you have aluminum foil, cut a small square in the middle of the piece of paper, tape over it with aluminum foil, and make a small hole in the foil.
Before the eclipse, take out your pierced piece of card stock or paper. Put the plain piece on the ground. Stand with your back to the sun and hold the card stock or paper with the hole in it above your shoulder so that the sun shines through it and projects onto the plain piece on the ground. Look at the piece of card stock or paper that is on the ground during the eclipse.
You can adjust the size of the image by moving the card stock or paper that is over your shoulder closer or further away from the piece on the ground. Closer makes the image smaller and further away makes it larger. Is it a little like Plato's cave in that you're experiencing a shadow of the thing and not the thing itself? Yes, but you will not be blind, so there's that.
If you're feeling more ambitious and happened to have just finished up some cereal, you can make a pinhole projector box; check out the instructions in NASA's video below:
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Gynaecologist, Head of the Centre for Reproductive Medicine in West Tallinn Central Hospital Women's Clinic in Tallinn, Estonia.
Researcher and lecturer at the University of Tartu, Estonia.
Certified by the Nordic Association for Clinical Sexology as a clinical sexologist.
Founding member of the Estonian Academic Society for Sexology.
Past director of the Estonian Sexual Health Association.
Member of International Planned Parenthood Federation, from its establishment in 1994 to 2001.
Member of FIGO Committee for Sexual and Reproductive Rights from 2008-2009.
Co-author of the recent UNESCO study on the cost and cost-effectiveness of school-based sexuality education programmes.
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The Writings on the Wall
werkleitz Biennale 2006 Happy Believers
Happy Believers: Ausstellung
Martin Conrads
Ingo Gerken
The Writings on the Wall © Martin Conrads, Ingo Gerken
"5 Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote. 6 His face turned pale and he was so frightened that his knees knocked together and his legs gave way. 7 The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers and diviners to be brought and said to these wise men of Babylon, 'Whoever reads this writing and tells me what it means will be clothed on purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.' 8 Then all the king's wise men came in but they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant." (Old Testament, Daniel 5, 5-9)
The Writings on the Wall (2005) by Martin Conrads and Ingo Gerken interrogates the efficacy of the pope's blessing when transmitted through the media. Originally, the presence on St. Peter's Square or being in a visible distance to the one giving the blessing was necessary. But in 1967 the Holy See confirmed that the apostolic blessing could also be validly received if transmitted through the radio, and similarly, almost twenty years later, in 1985, through TV. After another ten years, in 1995, a similar decree was issued concerning the mediation through the Internet. Saving and repeating the blessing, however, would lead to an invalidity of the blessing. Yet as far as the direct transmission through the Internet is concerned, even during a live streaming, the data are briefly buffered. In this case, the transmission of the blessing is more a question of faith rather than simultaneity, the artists suggest.
Why, the artists ask, can the temporary file-saving of the blessing not also be transferred to other media without loosing its validity?
After all, apart from the successively increased media compatibility of issuing and receiving blessings, there were also other significant deviations from the tradition of the blessing, such as the 'silent' blessing caused by the frailty of John Paul II, which was given equal standing to the 'spoken' one, although this privilege was only the pope's alone.
In accordance with these modifications, Martin Conrads and Ingo Gerken reach the conclusion that the overhead projector as a medium for live-transmission and the transparency as a so-called saving programme would be an ideal, but so far neglected medium for papal blessings. Biblical motifs like a blessing hand and the aureole that surrounds holy people like an illuminated circle of clouds, or the writing on the wall, about which we can read in Daniel 5, support the idea, they say, that the overhead projector could serve the Holy See as a perfect medium for transmitting the blessing through a medium.
Taking these considerations as a point of departure, the artists wrote to several church authorities, asking them to respond to the following questions:
- Do you know whether (just like the radio, TV, Internet), an overhead projector transparency would be suitable for transmitting a papal blessing?
- Is there a decision by the Vatican that takes a positive stance to the suitability of the overhead projector?
- If this is the case, please send me an overhead transparency bearing a papal blessing.
That the reception of a blessing mediated by an overhead projector must be an individual matter of faith and opinion – that is what the Writings on the Wall tell us.
Text by Angelika Richter (From: On Icons, Idols, Avatars, and Other Proxies)
Installation, Overhead-Projektion
Courtesy the artists


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Can the Souls in Purgatory Pray for Us?
by Stephanie Foley
As Catholics, we pray for the holy souls in Purgatory, that their process of purification and perfection may be hastened so they may experience the Beatific Vision of the Lord in heaven.
But can the souls in Purgatory pray for us? This was a question that Monsignor Stuart Swetland received not just once, but twice this week. On Go Ask Your Father™ a listener said that at her parish they conclude Mass by asking the holy souls to intercede for them, but she was told they shouldn't do that. She asked Msgr. Swetland which was correct. Msgr. Swetland offered his response, and also gave an example of how to respond to questions about the faith when you don't have a definitive answer on hand. Msgr. Swetland said:
"I got a similar question this morning on Morning Air®, and I think this is an open theological question. Because I believe that, as members of the Body of Christ, they can pray for others, they just can't pray for themselves because of the situation they are in.
But I may be wrong on that. I was going to actually be talking to some theologians I know, who know this area of theology better than I, to double check this. But I don't see how members of the Body of Christ can't pray for each other, even for those who are in Purgatory. I don't see why they wouldn't be able to.
Part of what is going on is an increase in charity that they need to become perfected. So, my personal theological opinion, as it stands now (and I'm open to being corrected), is that the souls in Purgatory could pray for us, but they can't, in their circumstances, pray for themselves. But I will check that with some theologians who know eschatology better than I, just to see if I'm correct. If I'm not, I'll correct myself on air.
I do know there are theologians who disagree with me, but I'm almost positive the Church hasn't ruled definitely on this. Again, we're dealing with areas of speculative theology."
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To commemorate Basketball for Life's flawless 15-0 season, the 2016 Championship banner was unveiled Saturday afternoon at the Drew League's 44th season opener.
Minutes before tipping off against New Image, Basketball for Life—aka BB4L—stood in awe as their banner was unveiled. The slick white banner decorated with black lettering revealed the 18-man roster of standouts like Baron Davis, Casper Ware II, Stanley Johnson, Terrance Ross, Van Girard and coach Derrick Huey. In bold black print, BB4L is cascaded at the top with a basketball symbol and the unmistakable Nike logo.
In the middle boxed between the roster and BB4L is the spotless 15-0 record. At the very bottom in the very distinct cursive Drew League font is "Drew League Champions." Hanging with banners celebrating Hank Salvatori and Nike Basketball, BB4L's banner is something special.
"When you go perfect, you deserve to be honored," echoed ex-commissioner Dino Smiley after a black cloak draped over the banner was dropped.
BB4L is only the second team in the 44 years of the Drew to finish with a perfect season. Problems did it first in 2007, but perfection comes at a price. After being dubbed the "Untouchables" by the "Voice of the Drew," George Preciado, there's been a target on BB4L's back and it was evident in the team's season opener.
Opening with a vicious slam from Edgar Garibay, it looked as if BB4L would continue its tenure as the "Untouchables," but that reality was shattered after consecutive turnovers within the first few minutes and an early lead for New Image.
Going down to the wire, BB4L was able to slide past New Image behind Van Girard's 20-point, 17-rebound performance. Some were unimpressed with BB4L's struggle to defeat New Image, a team that failed to reach the playoffs last year. Girard argues that BB4L has been in this position before.
Coach Baron Davis was unimpressed with BB4L's three-point victory. Often seen with looks of aggravation and frustration on the bench while watching his team battle it out on the court, Davis was flustered by the lack of passion and synchronicity showcased by his team.
After talks with players during timeouts and in the locker room, Davis made it clear that his team must be self-motivated if they plan to excel in the Drew.
"I don't think it's really up to the coaches to have a player come and want to play the game he supposedly loves and respects," says Davis.
Nonetheless, a win is a win—whether it's a slim margin like BB4L's 57-54 victory over New Image, or blowout style like Ascension's 48-point rout of M.H.P. Girard has no expectation of this season being as seamless as last years.
"I don't care if we go undefeated. I don't care if we lose the first couple of games then win the whole thing. We want another banner up there," stressed Girard.
While Girard's optimism on the team is commendable, Davis argues that his team has a lot of kinks to work out if they expect to hang another banner next season.
"I can tell you this: I'm worried. I'd be surprised if we made the playoffs this year," says Davis.
Luckily for Davis and BB4L, the playoffs are months away and BB4L lives to see another week undefeated. This Saturday, BB4L will face off against a hungry No Schnacks team searching for their first win after falling in gut-wrenching fashion in overtime to Houdini's Problems.
Girard believes that BB4L is the undeniable team to beat this season. With their banner, staple dog in the snack bar and a nickname alluding to their perfection, BB4L's stakes are much higher as they continue their quest towards another championship. Saturday will be a test as to whether the "Untouchables" will remain unscathed or be devoured by No Schnacks.


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Lunatic è una canzone pop-italodisco, incisa da Gazebo nel 1983 e facente parte dell'album eponimo e di debutto del cantante. Autori del brano, pubblicato come singolo, sono lo stesso Gazebo e Pierluigi Giombini.

Il 45 giri, pubblicato su etichetta Baby Records, risultò il 33° singolo più venduto in quell'anno in Italia, dove raggiunse il 3º posto delle classifiche.

Descrizione
Il testo di Lunatic parla di un uomo lunatico ed eccentrico, che passeggia mascherato sotto la luna piena e che ricorda Nostradamus. Quest'uomo viene descritto come malato di sesso, anche se non si tratta propriamente di un casanova.

Il lato B contiene una versione strumentale del brano, non presente nell'album.

La copertina del disco raffigura una notte di luna piena, con un uomo mascherato sullo sfondo a sinistra e una grande maschera arancione messa bene in vista sulla parte bassa. Il titolo "Lunatic" figura in corsivo sulla parte destra in alto, proprio sotto la luna piena.

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7" single (Baby BR 50297 [it])

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Peachia chiliensis är en havsanemonart som beskrevs av Oscar Henrik Carlgren 1931. Peachia chiliensis ingår i släktet Peachia och familjen Haloclavidae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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On October 5 in Washington DC, protesters will demand the rescheduling of marijuana so that Federal law will not stop doctors from prescribing it. According to Americans for Safe Access, a national coalition focusing solely on medical use of marijuana, if the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) accepts that marijuana can have medical value, then the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) must recommend rescheduling. Marijuana is currently Schedule I (high abuse potential, no medical value); ASA wants it changed to schedule III (still a controlled substance, but doctors could prescribe it).
Both ACT UP New York and ACT UP Philadelphia have endorsed this action.
More information from ASA can be found at www.SafeAccessNow.org or by phone at 510-486-8083. For more information on the Washington protest, click "Stop the Federal War on Patients Forever" on the site.
Americans for Safe Access is also organizing patients' unions for persons with HIV, or with other conditions for which marijuana can provide benefit. You can request more information by phone (above) or by email to patientsunion@safeaccessnow.org.
The August 2004 Scientific American published a note suggesting that chemicals in marijuana may act directly against some brain cancers. Certain cannabinoids inhibited several genes that are critical for allowing the tumors to form new blood vessels for themselves (which they must do in order to grow beyond a small size). Visit www.sciam.com/ and search for Guzman (one of the researchers mentioned) to find the article, or search for cannabis or marijuana to find other articles on the subject as well. This work was done in Spain; the U.S. seldom allows research into potential benefits of marijuana.
For a short, recent summary of the current U.S. legal situation on medical use, see www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/medical/.
"First, the record on marijuana encompasses 5,000 years of human experience. Second, marijuana is now used daily by enormous numbers of people throughout the world. Estimates suggest that from twenty million to fifty million Americans routinely, albeit illegally, smoke marijuana without the benefit of direct medical supervision. Yet, despite this long history of use and the extraordinarily high numbers of social smokers, there are simply no credible medical reports to suggest that consuming marijuana has caused a single death.
"By contrast aspirin, a commonly used, over-the-counter medicine, causes hundreds of deaths each year."
For the full 1988 decision, see www.medmjscience.org/Pages/reports/jyp1.bhtml.
In 2001, HHS ruled that marijuana had no medical value; six months later the DEA under U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft started raiding and closing marijuana dispensaries that were operating in California in accordance with state law.
The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), www.norml.org/.


In terms of Display, Kindle Paperwhite has a resolution of 300 ppi is much higher than the Kindle Fire 189 ppi, and it's easier on the eye too. Also, the Kindle Paperwhite screen is created using e-ink as compared to LCD display found in the Kindle Fire. If you use to read for long hours then Kindle Paperwhite is much easier on your eyes as Paperwhite does have its own light, this is technically more of a sidelight than that found in LCD screens, which direct light into your eyes and display doesn't need to be backlit, it reduces eye strain and makes reading for extended periods of time much easier.
The Kindle Paperwhite has more crisp reading as it gives you better resolution than compared to Kindle Fire. But when compared Kindle Fire is an e-reader device with tablet functions but Kindle Paperwhite is just an e-reader. Only the downside for Kindle Fire is that its have low resolution as compared to Kindle Paperwhite and reflection from the glass, which can be rather off-putting.
It is found that the Kindle Paperwhite's battery lasts for just over 20 hours of solid reading. This is same as claimed by Amazon with the 21 hours. In Kindle, Fire battery went down by 4% after an hour's reading. This can be further explained as you can use your Kindle Fire for 25 hours use before it runs out on battery. On the contrary, Kindle Paperwhite is a winner and lasts for approximately 21 hours of reading. You can charge both the device with USB port as Both devices are charged via the USB port at the bottom, and neither support fast-charging. When compared to the charging time required, it is found that the Paperwhite is the quickest to charge, taking around four hours to the Fire.
From the above chart, it is clearly seen that the Kindle Fire is heavier than the Kindle Paperwhite, Lighter the device it is easier to use and hold. So Kindle Paperwhite score much than Kindle Fire.
Here we see that the Kindle Fire is much more in terms of storage and if you are buying Kindle for Fun and reading both then Kindle Fire has much more to offer in terms of storage capacity. But for the ebook reading, only the 4 Gb is sufficient enough for an ebook reader as you can have ample books in 4 GB memory.
Kindle Fire has much more to offer other than just reading. With App feature, you can do other things like watch movies, chat with your besties and download music and listen to music. But if you are easily distracted and wan sole reading then Kindle Paperwhite is the right choice for you.
As you can see in the chart that the Kindle Paperwhite does not come with app feature. As Kindle Fire is working on an Android-based operating system so it allows the apps.you can install many kinds of apps on it, such as chat apps, games, music and so on which you can get from the Google Play. With these apps, you can chat with your friends, listen to music and watch movies. Also, you can have access to install other reader apps beyond Kindle for Android, which can allow you to read .epub or .pdf books on Kindle Fire. You will never read epub books on Kindle Paperwhite unless you jailbreak your Kindle Paperwhite.
In terms of Price, The Kindle Paperwhite is higher than the Kindle Fire. It's totally up to you how much budget you have and what features you want in your Kindle.
Well, both of the Kindle Fire and Kindle Paperwhite is having wifi but Kindle Fire offers superior dual-band connectivity, a kind of feature which you would not find in cheaper tablets. In Kindle fire, there is a feature of Bluetooth 4.1 LE which means you can connect to speakers and headphones wirelessly and enjoy listen to ebooks, music and audio files but you would not find this feature in Kindle Paperwhite. Kindle Paperwhite can connect to a 3G network when Wi-fi isn't available. This doesn't mean you can make calls, but it does mean you can buy books.
The Kindle Paperwhite is more attractive in terms of design for its smaller, sleeker and weighs less in the hand. Kindle Fire and Kindle Paperwhite are built with the same textured, hard-wearing plastic. When compared to Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Fire is larger than the Paperwhite, being 45mm taller and 11mm wider. The Kindle Paperwhite is more slender than the Kindle Fire because of its tapered edges.


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No space on trains, no rented homes to go back to: From Chennai to Gurugram, workers left in limbo
Scores of people have wound up their affairs to converge on Chennai Central Station, hoping to get home. Officials are scrambling to keep up.
Sowmiya Ashok
Jun 02, 2020 · 09:00 am
Migrant workers from Bihar gather at a centre in Chennai waiting for a train to be transported home. | Arun Sankar/AFP
Around 8 pm on Sunday, a volunteer engaged in coronavirus relief work in Chennai received a phone call from a migrant worker from Bihar. "Kya hua? Aaj train nahin hain Bihar ke liye?" he asked. Is there no train for Bihar today?
The volunteer was surprised to hear the man had not got on to the train scheduled to leave Chennai at 6 pm. He asked him where he was. "We are at Vyasarpadi," the man replied.
Vyasarpadi is 6 km away from Chennai Central Railway Station, which has over the last week, become a destination for scores of migrant workers hoping to get a train back home.
The migrant worker from Bihar said his name was put on a list by Chennai Corporation officials, then he was asked to board a bus from the shelter where he was at. He thought he was being taken to the railway station. Instead, the bus took him to a school – another shelter – for the night. "We are eight people, but there are many others here," he said.
The train coming in from another part of Tamil Nadu was already full as it went through Chennai. "None of the Bihar migrants who we were in touch with got on the train," said Sangeeta Isvaran, another volunteer with the Chennai Migrant Task Force.
Flocking to the city
Since May 9, more than 60 trains have left Chennai carrying 94,521 migrants to over 14 states including Uttar Pradesh, Manipur and Punjab, according to data from the Greater Chennai Corporation.
Migrant workers from in and around Chennai, neighbouring districts, and even from the nearby Union Territory of Puducherry, have walked, shared autos, hired mini-vans or been picked up by volunteers to make their way to the city. They have presented themselves at the G2-Periamet Police Station to register their names in exchange for tokens to get on Shramik Special trains. "One person shows up, then the next, then the next, it became like a forest fire," said a volunteer who has been helping workers negotiate the system.
Word of mouth about possible trains home is propelling more and more migrant workers to walk towards two of Chennai's prominent railway stations – Central and Egmore. This has left the city's police force overwhelmed, and its shelters crowded. Officials from the municipal corporation are scrambling to keep up with the numbers.
Workers from West Bengal, Assam and Bihar wait near Chennai Central Station for a train back home. Credit: PTI
A voice note in Hindi doing the rounds on volunteer groups features a migrant from Gaya, Bihar, saying that he and his companions have been sitting outside Chennai Central Station for five days but the police keep beating them away without letting them enter. "I have filled three forms so far and submitted to the station authorities but no word as yet," he is heard saying.
A video circulating on Whatsapp on Sunday night showed a group of migrants from West Bengal being arbitrarily dropped off on the side of the road somewhere in Chennai. Asked about these clips, a senior Greater Chennai Corporation official described them as "cheap sensationalism".
Interviews with volunteers and migrant workers show that this rush to get on trains is buoyed by hope from their friends or relatives who had successfully managed to board trains back home. After plans to walk all the way back home were cut short when Tamil Nadu's border with Andhra Pradesh was sealed at the end of April, the next best option is to find a train. "They are told 'go here, go there' someone will help you get on a train," said the volunteer.
A common refrain
More than two months without an income and a long wait for work to resume has left thousands of migrants penniless and desperate to go home. They have vacated their rented rooms, packed up their belongings, and pooled their money to hire transportation to the nearest railways hubs. Whether in Chennai, Mumbai, Bengaluru or Gurugram, an eerily similar story is playing out across the country.
"I had applied to get a pass to travel to Bihar by train," said Manmohan Bajpayi, a migrant worker employed in the auto-industry hub of Manesar in Haryana. "We got a message from the Haryana government to show up at 10 am at Gurgaon's Tau Devilal Stadium on Monday. There are 50-60 migrants who got the same message to show up at the stadium."
A family from Rewari in Bihar wait in Gurugram's Tau Devi Lal stadium.
A non-profit organisation, Safe in India, hired six buses to take 150 migrants to the stadium. After they reached the stadium, however, Haryana officials told the group there was no space for them on the train leaving for Bihar. They were handed a bottle of water each and made to sit on the side of the road outside the stadium for hours. Nearly 800 people people were stranded in and around the stadium.
Eventually, all six buses came back to Manesar. Before leaving for the stadium, Bajpayi had settled all his dues and vacated the room in which he had been staying. Now, he has nowhere to live. "I am calling a friend to see if he will take me in," he said around 9 pm on Monday. "I am very upset."
Confusion and anger
Back in Chennai, outside Gate 1 of the Nehru stadium, 700 migrants from Bihar staged a sit-in a week ago, desperate to go home. Workers had heard that if they showed up outside the stadium early enough, a train back home was guaranteed. "We wanted to give them something to eat but they were frustrated after waiting for a long time, they pushed into the courtyard of the stadium demanding to get on a train," said Isvaran. The workers had just had enough.
"There was another group that took a vow to eat only after boarding a train," Isvaran said. "This group had been shuttled from one shelter to another for days and promised that a train would show up soon."
Volunteers said that the arbitrary train schedule has caused many problems. "We will get a call from the GCC [Greater Chennai Corporation] or the Railway officials to gather 300 people to put them on a train," said a volunteers. "We will get them ready, half an hour later, we will be told this train isn't running today. Then another 15 minutes will pass, and the plan is back on."
The volunteer added: "Imagine the psychology of these people. They have been treated like sub-humans all this time. They have been stranded on roads, beaten up, they don't have proper shelter, food or means to get back home."
Migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh head to Chennai Central Station. Credit: PTI
At the end of April, the Tamil Nadu government set up web portals seeking information from people stranded in the state who wanted to return to their homes. Thousands of migrant workers across the state registered on the rto.nonresidenttamil.org site punching in their names, Aadhaar and mobile numbers.
A month and half later, mistaking SMSes confirming their registration for a guaranteed berth on a train, many have hiked to Chennai. A volunteer with the Chennai Migrant Task Force said the overwhelming feeling among migrants is "come what may, we want to go home!"
"What has happened in the past month is they have been trying to register themselves online for a travel pass," the volunteer said. "At least 60% showed me SMSes that read 'your application has been submitted' and only 1%-2% have received an SMS that says 'Your train is today. Report in this area at this time.'"
This influx of migrants is straining systems in Chennai at a time when the city is seeing the number of Covid-19 cases skyrocketing every day. "The state government took responsibility for paying all the train fares," said Meghanath Reddy, Deputy Commissioner, Revenue and Finance, in the Greater Chennai Corporation. "As this started happening and the word started spreading, we found another wave of people coming from various directions in the city."
Reddy added: "We felt rather than these people getting stranded somewhere, glad they are coming into our fold. But this is putting pressure on the existing system since one train only takes about 600 people. Since we can't send all of them at once, we direct them to the nearest relief centres. Whenever there is a next train, we send them home."
Workers wait for a train near Chennai Central Station. Credit: PTI
'Give us information'
S Balasubramaniam, a volunteer with the NGO Feed Chennai, said the urge to go home is understandable. "What is the point of staying back if you don't see a silver lining?" he asked. He and his team had helped distribute cooked food to at least 1,500 people at various shelters in the city until the municipal corporation stepped in. "If migrants are stranded on any roads, the least GCC or the police can do is take them to a proper shelter and give them proper food or help us in doing it," Balasubramaniam said. "People like us are ready to do it. Give us access, most importantly gives us information."
Balasubramaniam has been out on the streets for 70 days so far. A volunteer during the 2004 tsunami, and the 2015 Chennai floods, he feels strongly that a disaster management group formed by the government and assisted by NGOs has to be better coordinated. "If not, we are going to keep facing this each time," he said.
Though the stress of emergency responses can lead to frayed relationships, there have been moments of endearing friendships formed between members of Chennai's civil society and the state's migrants workers. "Our first point of contact with migrants was on the phone when we helped with translations," said Isvaran. "Once we are available, one person from Bihar will tell the next and soon you are the Bihari madam. I am the Jharkhand madam and someone else is the UP madam. The least we could do was really listen to them. That is why even today we get phone calls much after people have returned homes to let us know they are ok."
In a village in Bihar, 22-year-old Rajan who used to stitch bags in North Chennai's Manali for more than three years, said he was happy to be home. "I really haven't thought about what work I will do next," he said. "I just got back home last night, I want to enjoy the feeling."
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